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DS Smith (DSS) is set to axe some 54 jobs at two of its sheet feeding plants in the UK.Around 40 people will be laid off at the Blunham plant in Bedfordshire and some 14 people will lose their jobs at the Louth plant.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 12, 2014 (Press Release) -Tetra Pak®, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announces a further investment of €36 million in its packaging material plant in Izmir, Turkey to complete a €60 million technology upgrade project that started in 2012.

STOCKHOLM, June 12, 2014 (Press Release) -The Taittinger champagne house is supplying the official champagne for this year's football World Cup. The company has developed a limited edition Brut Réserve NV and a gift carton especially for the competition.

ST. PAUL, MN, June 11, 2014 (PRNewswire) -H.B. Fuller Company, a leading global adhesives provider, in partnership with Quaker Oats Company and International Paper Company was presented today with an Institute of Packaging Professional's (IoPP) 2014 AmeriStar Award for retail ready packaging designed for Quaker® Real Medleys® single serve oatmeal.

VANTAA, Finland, June 11, 2014 (Press Release) -Stora Enso has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for the engineering and site services for the pulp mill rebuild and paper machine conversion project at its Varkaus Mill in Finland.

SAO PAULO, June 10, 2014 (PPI Latin America) -Even though containerboard paper suppliers in Mexico aimed to increase prices in the country during the first half of the year, values continued stable in the second quarter with little room for discussing raises, market participants toldPPI Latin America.

DÜREN, Germany, June 3, 2014 (Press Release) -After a preparation time of two years, the paper factory SCHOELLERSHAMMER, Heinr. Aug. Schoeller Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, has applied for a permit for the construction and operation of a new production facility for corrugating medium and testliner. The new Paper Machine 6 is to be erected on the company premises in Düren.